世界是一个谜题，而我们是缺失的部分。

It requires indeed some courage to undertake a labor of such far-reaching extent.

I dreamed a dream in time gone by.

A people without children would face a hopeless future; a country without trees would face a future with even less hope.

翻译：收藏财物不慎，等于招来盗贼；打扮妖艳，等于引来淫邪。